Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Willem Delventhal on making award winning games for cats
What does it take to make a game that's fun for both humans and cats?
We Didn't Start The Fire
Why are people still playing Garena Free Fire?
A first-time player tries to explain the battle royale's appeal
Most Read
Hot Five: Garena Free Fire hits 80 million DAUs, Defold goes open source, and Ubisoft sues Apple and Google
The hottest stories from the mobile games industry over the last week
This Week In China
This Week In China: NetEase's big reveals from its 520 conference and Chess Rush lands in China
The biggest stories straight from Beijing
Hypercasual Shift
Interview: Why My.Games is shifting its focus to hypercasual
"The hypercasual business model continues to evolve and provide huge opportunities for developer teams"
Indie View
The Big Indie Interviews: Attractive Interactive discusses its creative Big Indie Pitch winning title Paper Game
We sit down with Pontus Björkberg from Attractive Interactive to what goes into making a completely customisable game for mobile
Magic Fund
Report: Magic Leap has raised $350 million in funding
Follows layoffs the company announced exactly a month ago
Pgbiz Podcast
PocketGamer.biz Podcast Episode #5: Garena Free Fire 80m DAUs, Gamescom goes digital, and more!
Our weekly video chat about the goings-on in mobile games
Schedule Revealed
Conference schedule revealed for Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2
With less than three weeks to go, you can check out what’s happening at next month’s online-only games industry conference
Making Of
Making Of: How A Fold Apart used Lightning Rod Games co-founder Mark Laframboise's own long-distance relationship as its basis
"I was working at Disney Interactive/Playdom in California while my significant other was still living in Ontario, Canada"
Deep Dives
PG.Biz Deep Dives: Deconstructing Supercell's Match-3: Hay Day Pop with Department of Play
Will Luton digs into Supercell's currently soft-launched casual game
Need Funding?
The UK Games Fund selects 38 studios for funding
Mobile studios include Panic Barn and Jolly Good Games
Digital Showcase
Japanese developers and publishers join together for New Game+ Expo on June 23rd
Sega, SNK, Koei Tecmo, Spike Chunsoft, and more are due to take part
Level Up
MeeWow Games and Supergaming gain access to N3twork’s $50 million Scale Partnership
Lucky Star Solitaire and Tap Empire get supercharged
China Covid-19 Growth
China’s mobile game revenue reaches $7.7 billion during COVID-19
Yodo1 digs into the data
Mediatel Sms Payments
How Mediatel is helping mobile game developers access SMS payments for their games
Director Mike Charlesworth explains what the firm can do for you
93 In Total
Take-Two Interactive has 21 games "planned specifically" for mobile
Another seven will be launched across all platforms
Full-year Financials
Take-Two Q4 profit rises by 116% due to "people sheltering at home"
Net revenue reaches $3.09 billion for the year
Mygamez Funding
MyGamez partners with Small Giant Games on Empires & Puzzles' Chinese Android launch
Fingersoft, Small Giant Games, Peter Vesterbacka, and more contribute to new funding round
Event
Hyper Casual Game Jam Going Hyper goes online this June
Online event for game developers to create a real game in a team goes live next month
Roundguard
Indie Spotlight: Wonderbelly Games on Apple Arcade and running a studio from home with a child
"I want to continue making games that make people smile, full of love and charm"
Digging Deeper
GameRefinery adds Player Motivations and Archetypes insights
Adding more understanding of gamers' behaviours
North American Growth
Update: Ubisoft game director Scott Warner joins Tencent's TiMi Studios
Will take the role of studio director effective immediately
New Smarts
Blackout Blitz dev Big Run Studios hires Benjamin Jordan as new CTO
Going deeper for underserved audiences
A Good Deed
Playcrafting teams up with Schick Xtreme for charity mobile game
Shave the Day is on iOS and Android
No Direct
Report: Nintendo is not holding a Direct for the foreseeable future
Will surprise-drop new trailers instead
Valhalla!
NetEase unveils Norse mythology-inspired mobile AAA game Project Ragnarok
Going cross-platform on mobile, PC, and console
Quest For Gold
Over $100 million has been spent on Oculus Quest content
The hardware was released a year ago
On The Rise
CD Projekt is the second most valuable games company in Europe
Polish firm is biting at the heels of No.1 Ubisoft
Diamonds Galore
Minecraft exceeds 200 million copies sold worldwide
Mojang's sandbox builder giant averages 126 million monthly users
The Voodoo Approach
The Voodoo Approach: How the world's biggest hyper-casual publisher makes its hit games
An inside look at the company's development process
118 Games In Development
Embracer Group's games division grows by 31% but total profit falls by 10% YoY
"I genuinely believe that we have one of the industry’s most exciting pipelines of upcoming games"
Event
Navigating the Now: Preparing for the new normal & UKIE Game Showcase goes live next month
UKIE are hosting an online event featuring talks from industry professionals alongside their game showcase event on June 3-4, check it out now!
Big Indie Pitch
UnderKnight takes the crown at May's digital Big Indie Pitch
We reveal our winner and joint runners-up from our May edition of the digital Big Indie Pitch
Scaling Up
Advertisement platform AdInMo secures $500,000 in funding
Former DeltaDNA co-founder Chris Wright appointed as CTO
Jobs In Games
Remote Working: King senior level designer David Briggs on maintaining Candy Crush Jelly Saga in the middle of a pandemic
Discussing the benefits and negatives of running a live ops game from home
Network With Speed
Network with indie developers and top publishers at Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #2. Sign up now!
The popular Publisher SpeedMatch session returns at next month’s online-only B2B games conference
Netease Financials
NetEase's mobile games catalogue pushes revenue to $2.4 billion
Mobile represented 70.3 per cent of all online games
Gotta Wear 'em All
The Pokemon Company teams up with UNIQLO for Pokemon GO t-shirts
Available in-game and real-life
Pandemic Delay
Kingdom Hearts: Dark Road faces delay due to the coronavirus
Square Enix still wants a spring release
Wild Alpha
League of Legends: Wild Rift enters alpha testing next month
Specs to run the game have increased
Event
Ubisoft, Blockchain Cuties and Reality Gaming Group confirmed to speak at Blockchain Gamer LIVE! Digital #1
Look forward to unmissable content with industry experts from across the globe
New Studio
Kwalee to open its first international studio in India
Located in Bangalore
What's Next
Performance advertisers, you were made for what's next
AdColony's Liz Waldeck-Pinckert on why mobile advertising will hold strong
New Studio Here
Respawn unveils Apex Legends-focused studio in Canada
Headed up by Henry Lee and Steven Ferreira
Event
NG20 Studio Pack Pass Giveaway
Nordic Game’s free-of-charge NG20 Studio Pack online pass offer for selected developers expires tomorrow, May 20.
Cracking Down
Nintendo files two lawsuits against Switch hackers
"Team Xecuter" face another court case
10 Years On
Opinion: Android has finally reached its tipping point
Baby how you're grown
"all Abuzz"
Gamescom digital event confirmed for August 2020
Opening Night live hosted by Geoff Keighley due to return
Rumble In The Jungle
Frogmind launches real-time multiplayer Rumble Hockey after short soft-launch
Anthropomorphic animal sports title is available on iOS and Android